The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Intcrests of Key West VOLUME LX. No. 9. The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Williamson Fueling At Greatly Increased Quar- ters Aboard Childs With Work Partly Done On | ‘Shakedown’ Cruise Destroyers Childs and William-| son were today fueling at Key West Naval Staiion. The Citizen was shown through | the greatly increased quartering | facilities aboard the Childs, t which a number of single state- | in| rooms have been converted into doubles and a great number of; siaterooms added. Much of the conversion was done after the ships Ieft Phila- delphia It is planned to house a large number of officers and men, who will be here aboard the Childs devoted to! And Childs Navy Yard CDMS SIMS SIS SD KENTUCKY MAN i GETS BIG GROUPER At the Casa Marina, Major Joe Burman of Frankfort, Ky., in comvanv with Judge J. Dan Talbott of Bards- town, Ky., on Capt. Filer'’s boat brought in six large barracuda, three of which weighed 37, 29 and 21 pounds, Major Burman, who is the instructor of the Kentucky State Highway Patrol, cap- tured the prize, which was the 37-pound grouper. id CRIMINAL COURT | HOLDS SESSION ONE CASE HEARD TODAY: THREE HANDLED YES- ' TERDAY | vitation to the little j the t the A period will be activities, which) Criminal court met this morn- will include getting everything in' ing at 9:30 o'clock with Judge order aboard ship. , William V. Albury presiding, The Williamson is expected to State Attorney Allan B. Cleare, Coco Solo, JF Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, Chief “shakedown” leave Monday, for Canal Zone. s of the two ships fol-' Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite, and other attaches of the court. But one case was heard that of ‘Leroy Tynes, colored, charged with assault and battery. On be- ing arraigned the accused enter- ed a plea of not guilty, and the following jury was empanelled to ty Wrevtssue: Luis Aguerro, Lieut. (junior H. Ignacio Perez, Charles Mendoza, Kevr, ULS.N. F. S. Elbertson, William MeKillip re (junior grade) J. B. Mor-‘ and Ralph B. Pinder. land, U.S.N. The case went to'the jury and Lieut. (junior grade) J. F. Mc- after due deliberation the panel U.S.N decided that the accused was U.S.S. Williamson guilty of the charge and a verdict Lieut.-Comdr. J: Perry, com- WS so rendered. Tynes was sen- manding. tenced to pay a fine of $10 and Licut. J. E. M. Wood, executive Costs or serve 60 days in the i county jail. Three cases were disposed of U.S.S. Childs Lieut.-Comdr. H. US.N. 4 diet dem H F. Fick, USN. * grace) R, c Fadden, officer. Lieut. (jg) C. W. Hutchison. Lieut. (jg) P. D. Williams. Lieut. (jg) J. R. Bromley. t. (jg) E. D. Robertson. Li TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest Station— last night Jast 24 hours : 46 60 50 66 40 56 32 46 70 40 Buffalo Charleston Chicago at the session of yesterday morn- ing, to the charges of each were entered pleas of guilty. The first was that in which Charles Hall and Leo Parker were charged with breaking with intent to commit a’ misdemeanor. They were accused of entering the Lowe grocery store on Divi- sion street and removing cigar- ettes and other articles. Judge Albury sentenced each culprit to serve one year in the county jail. The other case was that of Frank Sawyer, negro, who was ‘charged with assault and battery on the person of Officer Franklin Arenberg, and was shot in the leg in the melee. He was sentenced Denver 38 Dewroit 50 Galveston 72 Havana —_ | Huron 32 Jacksonville 80 | Kansas City 52 KEY WEST 79 Little Rock 56 if Los Angeles 68 i Louisville 58 \ Miami 738 i Mpls.-St. P. 32 | New Orleans _ 80 New York 54 Pensacola 70 Pittsburgh 60 St. Louis 50 Salt Lake City 32 San Francisco 60 Seattle 50 Tampa 80 Washington 62 Williston 26 AUTOS BEGIN TREK 10 CITY 58 28 69 42 50 36 72 8 66 40 64 32 40 28 48 48 . 60 48 14 | | | | ! } } 4 | Quite a large number of cars! are noted in town following the’ Miami All-American Air Maneu- vers over the weekend. : Two cars had Ontario, Canada,! plates. { SOMETHING NEW! to spend 90 days in jail. At the conclusion of the session today two cases were set for trial tomorrow morning, the first will be that of Mosby Matcovitch, charged with assault with intent to commit murder and the second that of Clarence J. Campbell, which is a statutory offense. AT CANAL TODAY PLANES LANDED AT TEXAS TODAY. GROUNDED BE- CAUSE OF BAD WEATHER (By Associated Press) H NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 11—A group of the ships which are to come from the main fleet of the Pacific Coast will arrive at Coco} Solo, Canal Zone today. Two groups of planes are, grunded in Abilene and El Paso, Texas, after flights from the Pa- cific coast because of bad wea- ther. WANTED “FLIER MAY'G TO HAVANA YET CUBAN CONSUL REQUESTS SPECIAL INVITATION FROM’ COL. BATISTA; PRAISES KEY WEST HOSPITALITY He who rnelinda Briones of Ecuador, s grounded in Key West: rday by Air Maneuvers of-j and not permitted to con- tinue the cruise to Havana, may get there after all. Cuban Consul Berardo Rod- j1iguez has wired Col. Fulgencio | Ba ta, head of the Cuban Army, ing that he send a special in- Ecuadoria girl, With a special invitation Hernelinda need not go through} the long forniality of clearing for ; oms, i In Havana today and tomor- row are numerous festivities in honor of the fliers. Friday there will be air ri and stunting ex- hibilions. Hernelinda told The Citizen today that she became quite “humble” in beseeching cruise officials to let her con- tinue the flight to Havana, but that they would not. The Ecuadorian flier landed at Princeton to repair a tire which had a long nail in it, and this de-: jay caused her to be two hours! 1 arriving at Key West officials claimed also that | having motor valve | . | A mechanic here looked over | the motor and discovered the valves were a little weak and! that the as much carbon Dy the chambers, but that she might} continue the flight. The plane is a_ petite. Fleet,+ which-holds -just’ enough gas for| three hours of flight. The trip, to} Havana is about an hour in the Ricet. Hernel: is profuse in her praise of the hospitality of Key West. The Cuban consul, Ber- erdo Rodriguez, has aided her greatly and has been very cour- teous.. She was guest of Fire Chief Harry Baker and Mrs. Bak- st night at the home. “Every- | that} said. Creeererecrsse0rsveseen* NEWS FLASHES — (Ry Associated Presn) Se cecvorrencecueccaccess ROME.—Prime Minister Ne- ville Chamberlain of England ar- rived at Italy today and was greeted by Premier Mussolini in a flag-decked city. BERLIN. — German émbassy denied thet Germany, had,plan- ned giving Italy material, sypport in her request for more,.colenies. However, an_ unofficial, ; source claimed this was so. PARIS.—It was pointed out here today that the Hitler mus- tache had changed with each po-) litical move the Fuehrer had, ac- complished. It changed from a wide spreading musta¢he to two small dabs, HENDAYE. — Spanish Rebels captured two more important towns in the Catalonian area, but the government forces continued to win on its southern front, in areas rich with coal. WASHINGTON.—Felix Frank, furter, recently appointed Su- preme Court justice, w; of a Communist ‘¢oalition today before a senate judicial sub-com- mittee. Vial 4 WASHINGTON.—Before an’ in= seas A committee, Harry Hopkins, new Secretary of! Com- merce, when asked if the only business experience he had was in the WPA denied the implica- tion. He had no comment on a reportorial question as to whether ' President Roosevelt had designat- ed him to bring peace about among warring labor factions. NEW YORK. — Jack Benny, accused {Y KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1939 Council Decides To Install .. Parking Meters On Streets: ELSI ISI LS IIS, SUN SEEN EVERY i DAY IN KEY WEST | DURING YEAR 1938 Year 1938 prved a fortun- ate one for The Citizen but not so fortunate for the Key West Public Library, at least in one particular, that of the gift by this paper of five dcllars to the library on every day on which the sun fails to shine over Key Wesi. In 1937 there were but two days without sunshine record- ed and on each of the days following a check for $5 was sYnt io the library, but dur- ing the year 1938 not one day passed without the rays of ike glorious sun shining on Key West, which is con- sidered a remarkable record for a ciiy in the tropics. & SIS CHARTER UNIT GROUP MEEIS LAST EVENING VARIOUS CHANGES IN ORIG- INAL PLANS OUTLINED DURING COMMITTEE SES- SION Charter met last n vision Committee in the county eourt hou the call of Chair- man Frank Albert and pro- ceeded to outline ous changes in the original d of the new charte: suggested by State Representative B. C. Papy. ries of conferences with . Papy, it was said, he ex- pressed himself as being in ac- cord with the proposed previ- sions of the existing charter. The following matters were discussed: Adequate provisions to be writ- Pepe wee oe » eho} ten into the new charter for the vere has been so nice”, she | call of elective officers of the There was considerable discussions on this matter, and it was proposed to provide a bona fide list of qualified electors for the benefit of the prospective re- call movement, if the contingency should arrive. Proposition that the Board of Public Works be eliminated and the work of the board be incor- porated in the charter as duties of the councilmen. Provisions were made to amend the charter to provide that coun- cilmen shall be the heads of the tments into which the city government will be divided. The ds to be appointed by the president of council. Suggested departments are_to be. Finance, Health, Safety, Welfare, Utility, Public Works. Provisions in the new charter provide for the payment of $1 per year for the councilman, be retained. The new charter is amended to read that the “Municipal Judge is to:-be appointed by the Mayor.” Revisions and other matters in/ connection with the changes in the charter have been under con- | sideration by the committee for the past several months, and it is the opinion that the revisions and changes, after careful study ,and_ much discussion will receive earty approval of the peo- * IF VARIOUS SHADES LONDON-~Shades of women’s stockings which next spring and Summer are to be restricted to 15, will range from “Carefree,” almost nude, to dark gunmetal. cece ee eosce TODAY IS—LADIES’ KEY WEST PARK (Trumbe 5c ON ALL FOR LADIES AND CHILDREN—UNTIL MIDNITE | ef Miami for installingmanual or ‘the streets of Key West. lism Monsalvatge, Will Roberts’ ; Matter Taken Up During | Night; On Proposition, Meeting Last Vote Was — Three \ BIRTHD AY B ALL : 5 | At a special meeting last night, , the | Trafico Parking Meter Company to accept the contract of hand-turned parking” meters on Councilmen Roy Fulford, Wil: and Earl Adams voted in favor of the propesition, with Council- | men William Doughtry, William Freeman and Jim Roberts voting in opvosition. | The city proposes to purchase between 200 and 399 of these me-' ters at a cost of $45 each, and will MADE FOR BIG i |MATTER DISCUSSED DUR-| , City Council voted four to three| ING MEETING CONDUCTED IN DR. GALEY’S OFFICE, LAST ‘NIGHT Assembling’‘Iast night in the office of Dr. H. C. Galey was a group of citizens who were se- lected to take part in the activi- ties attendant on the President’s Ball which isan annual affair given for the benefit of the fight | against Infantile Paralysis, and the Warm Springs Foundation. There were 24 present, includ- ing The Citizen, ard discussions were entered into concerning the various forms of entertainment ; which are coniemplated in con-/ ‘remaining 75 percent. receive 25 percent of the receipts, nection with the ball and various ; phases were explained which ap- peared to be adaptable to the ball The ma- and its associate diversions. chines will become the property; It was decided that the ball; of the city when paid for through would be given on the night of January 28, Saturday, and other with the company obtaining the col ra | be e | Australia Scout Jamboree ELEVEN THOUSAND scouts from 14 countries are expect- ed ai Sydney, New South Weles, jamboree beirg or- ganized by H. J. Sioddart (above), who calls it a rec- ord-sized scout rally. NEW BOAT CLUB | | | | | | the receipts to be collected by , the company in the meantime. Freeman Heard matters which will be incidental thereto, are to be discussed by _just prior to the acceptance of the which is slated for committees which are to be} brought named by Dr. Galey, who is the ; 1 chairman, and a report made to; the doctor at the next meeting Councilman Freeman to the attention of the council contraét, that there appeared in’ night, January 12, tomorrow. yesterday’s issue of one of the oon pe Teena were: | lee ie < 5 r. Galey, ‘ownsent organ, Miami newspapers an article renner trong, George Mills which showed that the Trafico White, Victor Lowe, Stenographer | Parking Meter Company was now Miss Kathleen Watkins, Dr. A. P.! ‘being sued in Federal Court by Rubino, Joe Cleare, William P.; r - Kemp, Luther Pinder, Sebastian! M: H. Rhodes, Inc., of Hartford, | Cabrera, Fred Dion, William V.| Conn., for collection of $16.000 al-' Little, B. C. Moreno, Harry War- | leged damages from the operators ren, Ray Bush, Berardo Rodri- | of this parking meter company. | guez, Jose Perez, Dr. Armando The article also said that suit, Cobo, Clifford G. Hicks, Dr. J. B.| Thursday |’ ORGANIZES AT MEET FRIDAY JAYCEE BOAT CLUB PLANS REGATTAS, CRUISES; SAIL- ING, OUTBOARD, ROWING INTERESTEES WELCOMED Jaycee Boat Club will be or- ganized at a meeting Friday night 8 o’clock at The Citizen of-- DIES SUDDENLY wa Martin L. Shaw, brothers, and their company out of the parking | meter business for a_ period of | five ye if Mr. Freeman requested that; the contents of the articie in question be entered upon the! minutes of the meeting, which! was ordered done. | There was also an_ ordinance; passed in connection with the} proposed operation of the meters. ' It was first proposed to have some of these meters installed on Simonton street in front of the postoffice building, but this pro- vision was eliminated from the contract read last night. i HERMAN OLIPHANT | HAD AIDED KEY WEST GREATLY IN MANY UNDERTAKINGS | (By Associated Presa) = * WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Her- | man Oliphant, legal consultant of | the U, S. Treasury Department, died here today suddenly. | Mr. Oliphant was a visitor! to Key West during the last; | two years for vacation periods. He was at the Key West Naval} Station, and was said to have/ aided Key West in many of her; undertakings in Washington cir- cles. AND KIDDIES’ DAY Island) RIDES 5< filed to put Henry O. and’ Parramore, Carl Bervaldi and J} P. Tonetti. JAYCEE JANUARY REGATTA ON 21ST | OUTBOARDS, SAILBOATS AND! ROWERS TO ENTER WIN- TER PROGRAM EVENT Junior Chamber of Commerce; January regatta will be held Jan-| uary 22 at the’ Yacht Basin, rac- ing committee announced today. | The regatta, which is a feature of the Key West Winter Program, will include sailboat, outboard and rowing races. Ali those wishing to enter may contact Victor Larsen at the WPA Rec- reation Department headquarters or phone The Key West Citizen. The Junior Chamber of Com- merce staged the very successful Miami Outboard Club regatta during the summer, which at- tracted a crowd of 3,000, with 270 cars lining the Breakwater at the Yacht Basin. RAILROAD HEAD TO RETURN HERE William Jeffers, president of the Union Pacific Raflroad, and Mrs. Jeffers were guests for a day at the Casa Marina Hotel. The Jeffers, who are from eeccececceee | Omaha, Nebraska, will be back! later. FRED MARVIL'S CABANA TOMORROW NIGHT Lem Abernathy and his COUNTRY STORE George Wells and Paul Mc- | SHIP fice. The club will be open to all who own boats and to all who are interested in boating. There will be no classes of boats barred. Considerable stress is expected to be plaecd on s%ilboats, outboards, and it is possible that several ; competitions. Regular racing and stunt gattas will be held for the bene- { fit of the public and e of club members. to nearby keys is expected to be another feature of the organiza- tion. There will be no feces charged members, since the organization iis formed principally for those ! who enjoy boating in Key West and wish to have greater enjoy- re- yment Mass cruises and cruises. Additional contacts with boatmen and relaying of in- formation and experience will be an added feature. There will be no age limits in the club. Among those who will aid in the formation of the club and who have had considerable ex- perience in boating and boat clubs are Duke Bowen, Morris !Cruz and Darnell Carey. Quite {a large number of Jaycee mem bers have signified their inten- tion of joining. SICK MAN ABOARD BROUGHT IN Tanker Nevada, of the Texas | Company, sent a radio message ' to the Porter Dock Co., yesterday, tasking thet a boat be sent out to meet the ship, which was going west, and take a sick man who was to be brought ashore. Pilot Boat 3, Clarence Thomp- son, pilot, in command, left the | rowing crews may be formed for} ment with mass action in regattas | Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the untry; with an average nge of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS Navy Patrol Planes Arrive s Afternoon; Nine More Today Two More Expected To- morrow; Commander L. T. Hundt Arrives With First Group Seven patrol plane: of Patrol Wing 5, under commard of Com- [mander L. T. Hundt, urrived to | day and anchored at i.e ramp on | Trumbo Island. | Nine more of the patrol planes | are expected to arrive later this ij | afternoon. Two more at Charles- | ton will probably arrive tomor- |row. The 18 whica will base ‘here under patrol w ng 5 are VP | Squadron 14 and VP Squadron 15. The large planes are Concoli- ¢ated, iwin motored, with an ap- proximate wing sp:ead of 95 feet. Each carries a crew of six and can patrol a wide urea. The group is here in connéc ‘tion with the “problem” of a theoretical Caribbean attack by an enemy and later Caribbean | maneuvers. Li.-Com. S, W. Callawny. in command of one squadron, ar rived with the first group this efternoon, and Lt.-Com. B. Stud- ley, in command of the second equadren, will arrive later. INVITATION 70 MAYOR ALBURY ASKED TO ATTEND MEETING IN WASHINGTON ON WA- TERWAY PROPOSITION Mayor Willard M. Albury is ir receipt of a letter trom V J. Driver, pre t of the tional Rivers and Harpors gress, extending him an tion to the meeting to be held Washington in March for consid- eration of the Intracoastal Wi: way from Bahia Honda to West. “You are hereby notified that I have appointed you a mem- ber of the Special Projects Sub Committee of the National Riv {and Harbors Congress on zbove subject “The duties of the subcommit- ; tee are to present the project to | th Projects Committee of the Na | tional Rivers and Harbors Cor gr which will meet March 21 and 22 at the Mayflower Hotel, this cfty, preceding the Thirty- | Third Annual Convention, March | 23 and 24, 1939”. Mayor Albury told The Citi- zen he would cooperate with others who are interested in this rroject. invita n cey the Announcing— CLOSING NIGHT SKATING RINK ONE SESSION ONLY |] 2:30 P. M. to 10:30 P. M. ‘dock last night and contacting; DOG CATCHER for City of Key West For particulars see MAYOR WILLARD M. ALBURY who is indicted on $2,000 jewel smuggling charges, said that he e was greatly surprised. He and 2° George Burns are under indict- ment. Castland of El Chico Club, Miami Beach, Master of Ceremonies lc Cocktail Hour from 5 to 6 o'clock each afternoon | the Nevada, received James Par-! | rish, seaman of the ship, who was | Suffering from a gastric condi-: } tion. He was brought ashore and) | placed in the Marine hospital. Corner Fleming and Elizabeth Street See the oo FLYING SULLIVANS $25.00 Sensational FREE Act! SOCSHSSSOHS SOOT SOOT OOO OSSOSSOOSOOSOSSSOSOSOSO® FT. JEFFERSON CRUISES - TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY — $5.00 ROUND TRIP -- TICKETS - INFORMATION -- PRICE TOURS -- 505 DUVAL ST. - PHONE 124